Bunny Mellon's UES townhouse for sale

This is the best model for the grand style of upper class decorating I've seen in a long time.

by Anonymous

reply 104

10/08/2013

DELISH, really Top Drawer!

by Anonymous

reply 1

09/25/2013

Jesus, Bunny and Paul sure knew how to live. 10/10.

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reply 2

09/25/2013

Stunning!

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reply 3

09/25/2013

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reply 4

09/25/2013

Jesus, that is gorgeous. I don't normally like "museum" living, but it's just breath-taking.

The exterior more than the interior is what does it for me.

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reply 5

09/25/2013

"Restraint" in abundance, tragically missing in any number of "wannabee" properties we see here.

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reply 6

09/25/2013

Oh you know they'll be someone to come along, R4. And we can only imagine the hovel they call home.

by Anonymous

reply 7

09/25/2013

Fabu! I could move right in!

by Anonymous

reply 8

09/25/2013

THAT is how you treat fireplaces.

A rant on fireplace furniture placement:

Every motherfucker and his bitch sister throws a couch directly in front of the fireplace. Too close and the couch hogs all the warmth, too far away and it doesn't do a damn bit of good.

I've even seen some assholes face the couch away from the fireplace - ignoring it like it's a stepchild.

Worse yet, these anal retentive motherfuckers sometimes place two chairs facing the fireplace in Hercule Poirotean symmetry. Sit down and you have the full force of heat blasting directly at your face as if you're seated on a bus to hell.

No, these are well organized fireplace settings. Chairs snuggled up on the side provide indirect heat while sharing the warmth of the fire with the rest of the room - not selfishly hogging everything.

End Rant.

by Anonymous

reply 9

09/25/2013

Please, R9 tell us what else do people do that freaks you the fuck out and causes you to shit your granny-panties because it's not done the way you would do it.

by Anonymous

reply 10

09/25/2013

Shared walls, meh

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reply 11

09/25/2013

Sorry to all the decor bitches on DL but that place, although just a hair overdone, it pretty fucking great.

by Anonymous

reply 12

09/25/2013

Built in 1965.

Decorated with all the personality of a 5 Star chain hotel.

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reply 13

09/25/2013

It's beautiful. I love it. I wouldn't even have to change a thing and I don't normally like that style. That kitchen, even though they probably don't set foot in it, is the crown jewel of the place.

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reply 14

09/25/2013

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reply 15

09/25/2013

R15: [quote] Bunny still (as of 2011) does Pilates, "which she learned from the exercise's inventor Joseph Pilates more than 50 years ago."

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reply 16

09/25/2013

R13 you're a flyover, right?

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reply 17

09/25/2013

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reply 18

09/25/2013

Sorry, it looks like a hotel to me too. A nice hotel but I prefer a little clutter and personality.

by Anonymous

reply 19

09/25/2013

OK, looking at the floor plan, where is the master bedroom? I see a guest or staff bedroom, but not a master.

This property is amazing. Love the outdoors, love the wall colors, the kitchen is a jewel and love the lack of clutter.

R16, I noticed that. And the fact that she learned from Joseph Pilates is remarkable.

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reply 20

09/25/2013

It's beautiful, but 46 MILLION???

Jeez.

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reply 21

09/25/2013

[quote]A nice hotel but I prefer a little clutter and personality.

It's been staged to sell, R19. All personal items are removed prior to the photo shoot.

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reply 22

09/25/2013

Location, location, location.

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reply 23

09/25/2013

Were does Bunny live now

It says this house last sold in 2006- I assume that's when Bunny sold it.

by Anonymous

reply 24

09/25/2013

Wiki:

She maintains homes in Antigua, Nantucket, and Oyster Harbors on Cape Cod, but two apartments in Paris and a townhouse in New York City were recently sold.[2] Her main residence, Oak Spring Farms, a 4,000-acre (1,600 ha) estate in Virginia, has its own 1-mile (1,600 m) long airstrip for her Falcon 2000.[3][4]

by Anonymous

reply 25

09/25/2013

Meh. Not much closet space in the master bedrooms (which are on the fourth floor, r20. Look at the next picture).

Finally, a house in good taste. It's a lovely place, with very little indeed to bitch about.

A house built as late as 1965 would not be my first choice, but this one --by way of compliment-- is indicative of that usually rather grim era in architecture, especially when it turned historicist. The kitchen and a couple of the bedrooms is a bit too white and light and old girly; I'd trade out some of the upholstered pieces for some good brown furniture. But it's remarkable to find a house where the first and most charitable thing to do isn't to overlook the current owner's personal tastes and look beyond to the architecture.

It's a big, gracious, comfortable house, though, with a complex plan and beautiful courtyard. I like the Maison Jansen look of the interiors with a bit of Swedish taste overlaid -- on paper, it wouldn't appeal, but seeing it done well wins me over.

by Anonymous

reply 29

09/26/2013

It's lacking a certain warmth and all the rooms have the same theme. Unitheme. I like to be surprised. An Italian Tuscany into country French and a Japanese bathroom with a teak mermaid tub and Moreno glass tiles. A den like a ski lodge. This house isn't living, folks. There's just so many choices available in design, especially high end...not this limited imagination, safe stuff. I'm disappointed.

by Anonymous

reply 30

09/26/2013

Kudos to R30.

I, too, am terribly disappointed.

by Anonymous

reply 31

09/26/2013

Waiter, I'd like a slice of bunny melon, please.

by Anonymous

reply 32

09/26/2013

[quote]It's lacking a certain warmth and all the rooms have the same theme. Unitheme. I like to be surprised. An Italian Tuscany into country French and a Japanese bathroom with a teak mermaid tub and Moreno glass tiles. A den like a ski lodge. This house isn't living, folks. There's just so many choices available in design, especially high end...not this limited imagination, safe stuff. I'm disappointed.

You're a precocious little thing, aren't you?

But, really, "there's just so many choices"? Oh, dear.

And, darling, you *know* I hate being critical - it's just so not me - but I don't know anyone who would utter the word "folks" unless they were referring to their parents. And even then...

You could also add a hyphen here and there. But I do commend you for recognizing that the house is not alive.

by Anonymous

reply 33

09/26/2013

[quote] It's beautiful, but 46 MILLION???

It's on 2 lots. It's like two townhouses but she used the second lot as outdoor space and two smaller wings attached to the 5 story townhouse

by Anonymous

reply 34

09/26/2013

Meh, I agree it looks like a fancy hotel. Too monochrome. Clearly, old people live there. No where to relax. Ugly dining room with a table that's too small. Nice facade.

BTW, why do kitchen breakfast bars in NYC homes always have two bar chairs perched at the end and squished together. I guarantee no two people have ever been able to sit there at the same time.

by Anonymous

reply 35

09/26/2013

It's nice, in that "We're rich Americans but we'd much rather be French aristocracy and live in Paris" way.

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reply 36

09/26/2013

Nice, but....too French. I hate the dining room.

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reply 37

09/26/2013

No where near an open concept. Marble counter tops? No thank you, I want Granite. Is there room for an office? I want a three car garage and that black stove has to go, it has to be stainless. And are there two sinks in the master bathroom, that's a deal breaker.

by Anonymous

reply 38

09/26/2013

Donated generously to John Edwards' campaign for POTUS.

by Anonymous

reply 39

09/26/2013

Sorry. No corn husk dolls in the kitchen is a deal breaker.

by Anonymous

reply 40

09/26/2013

Bunny turned 103 in August . . . what's her secret?

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reply 41

09/26/2013

[quote]Bunny turned 103 in August . . . what's her secret?

Energizer batteries.

by Anonymous

reply 42

09/26/2013

[quote]OK, looking at the floor plan, where is the master bedroom?

You obviously did not look at the 4th floor where there are TWO master bedroom suites clearly shown.

by Anonymous

reply 43

09/26/2013

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What stood out for me was the back courtyard and how beautiful the back of the house overlooking it is.

Here in London even the most beautiful townhouses look like shit at the back....for some reason.

by Anonymous

reply 47

09/26/2013

The one thing I do have to laugh about is how much "sunshine" there is at the front of the house. The entire building is draped in sunshine. If you've walked on that block, you'd know it's impossible.

by Anonymous

reply 48

09/26/2013

It's frightfully Grande Dame, but Grande Dame done correctly! It's both opulent and livable, which is a neat trick.

Tell me, what separates this gem from all the imitations that scream "earrings and CAFTANS" to our tasteful eyes? Is it the amount of space? Is it the fact that every single foot of space cost our years' salary to decorate?

by Anonymous

reply 49

09/26/2013

Dear god, that space is fucking amazing. And I love that they left so much of it undeveloped. Having a greenspace makes the home that much more magnificent. I have a few things I would tweak for myself, but I can't quibble. It's an oasis in Manhattan.

Now whom do I have to sleep with in order to snag it?

by Anonymous

reply 50

09/26/2013

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reply 51

09/26/2013

"Now whom do I have to sleep with in order to snag it?"

A 102-year-old woman. Are you up for it?

by Anonymous

reply 52

09/26/2013

The photo just about the first kitchen photo looks like the room where Glenn Close has her final freak out and trashes her vanity table in "Dangerous Liasons".

He turned Mar-a-Lago into a hotel. Perhaps this can be a bed and breakfast.

by Anonymous

reply 54

09/26/2013

[quote]No where to relax.

Yet with plenty of space to study grammar.

by Anonymous

reply 55

09/26/2013

Is there really a John Edwards/Bunny Mellon sex tape out there?

by Anonymous

reply 56

09/26/2013

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by Anonymous

reply 57

09/26/2013

I live in a rural area, have been in very few upscale homes in my life. I watch a New York real estate show about multi multi million dollar homes and after looking at this, all the rest of those homes become irrelevant.

by Anonymous

reply 58

09/26/2013

Everyone knows Ms. Mellon no longer owns it, correct? She sold it in 2006.

by Anonymous

reply 59

09/26/2013

R43, thank you. I just looked at the top floor plan. This place is really perfect.

by Anonymous

reply 60

09/26/2013

R47 that's not the back courtyard. That's a pic of the 3rd floor side garden.

The back courtyard has the reflecting pool in the middle.

by Anonymous

reply 61

09/26/2013

It is a lovely house, in every way.

by Anonymous

reply 62

09/26/2013

Needs more books stacked on ottomans!

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reply 63

09/26/2013

Well, did any of you buy it?

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reply 64

10/07/2013

Bunny Mellon is one of those people that was born old.

by Anonymous

reply 65

10/07/2013

I would totally redecorate.

by Anonymous

reply 66

10/07/2013

It is lovely, particularly when you consider that it's in the middle of Manhattan -- all that space and green and light is a priceless luxury, and that's the reason why the $46 million price tag is warranted. One can only hope the buyer will keep the place largely intact and not build something like a five-story apartment block where the garden is.

That said, the decor is just a bit too fussy-perfect for my taste, like something from a Stanford White design book. I prefer a more eclectic decorating style, and I'd probably remove or replace about a third of the furnishings, not because they're not nice, but because they're just too much. Of course, this is question of personal preference, and I can see how the current decor would make the house a much easier sell than a personal/ eclectic interior design would.

by Anonymous

reply 67

10/07/2013

What a dump

by Anonymous

reply 68

10/07/2013

The dining room is on the 3rd floor! The big kitchen is on the 2nd and there is a dumbwaiter to the "service kitchen" next to the dining room. There are two laundry rooms, in the basement and on the 2nd floor.

Clearly I've missed out in life.

by Anonymous

reply 69

10/07/2013

Note to New York "interior designers"...THIS is design. THIS is a house that has design inside, outside, up, down, sideways and in a cloud floating over the fucking place.

Try to keep up kids.

by Anonymous

reply 70

10/07/2013

Does the furniture belong to the second owners, or is it Bunny and Paul's? I love that desk.

by Anonymous

reply 71

10/07/2013

I wanna be named Bunny SOOOO badly.

by Anonymous

reply 72

10/07/2013

The modern kitchen was a bit disappointing.

by Anonymous

reply 73

10/07/2013

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by Anonymous

reply 74

10/07/2013

How did Bunny get her money? Is she a billionaire?

by Anonymous

reply 75

10/07/2013

R75, she married a Mellon.

by Anonymous

reply 76

10/07/2013

[quote]Bunny Mellon is one of those people that[sic] was born old.

Who.

by Anonymous

reply 77

10/07/2013

She also invented the Easter Bunny.

by Anonymous

reply 78

10/07/2013

And thank GOD it's spared views of any of those filthy homeless!

by Anonymous

reply 79

10/07/2013

The kitchen would benefit with the addition of my beautiful Melmac plastic dinner collection.

by Anonymous

reply 80

10/07/2013

Her parents actually christened her "Bunny"?

by Anonymous

reply 81

10/07/2013

Bunny's father invented Listerine.

True fact.

by Anonymous

reply 82

10/07/2013

What was richer, Bunny Mellon or Nan Kempner?

by Anonymous

reply 83

10/07/2013

This thread is making me hungry for carrot cake.

by Anonymous

reply 84

10/07/2013

Gorgeous! but who can afford to live like this these days?

by Anonymous

reply 85

10/07/2013

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reply 86

10/07/2013

too much crap on the walls...and pictures hung entirely too high...great building, lousy decor...one would be bumping into everything!

by Anonymous

reply 87

10/07/2013

That house and its furnishings are fantastic. If you live in Manhattan, then that's the way to do it.

Here's a link to her impeccable Virginia estate:

by Anonymous

reply 88

10/07/2013

Ahem, R86

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reply 89

10/07/2013

Overdone and hideous !

by Anonymous

reply 90

10/07/2013

R83 - Nan Kempner wasn't really that wealthy. Rich to be sure, but nothing like a Mellon.

by Anonymous

reply 91

10/07/2013

From other posts I've seen online, she did sell the property in 2006, but I don't know who she sold it to. The Koch brothers bought her Cape Cod estate. I can't imagine bunny would ever let the utterly tasteless Donald Trump ruin her home.

by Anonymous

reply 92

10/07/2013

[quote]Bunny's father invented Listerine. True fact.

Wrong.

by Anonymous

reply 93

10/07/2013

Why does the linked article say there are 14 rooms? There must be way more than that!

by Anonymous

reply 94

10/07/2013

Not one of you understands that THIS is emblematic of what is wrong in America today? Is there any better example of unearned inherited wealth as demonstrated by Miss Bunny? Someone should set fire to her.

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reply 95

10/07/2013

R95 - it's not what's wrong today, she's been loaded her whole life.

What's wrong is the money grab of the past 30 years.

by Anonymous

reply 96

10/07/2013

Wasn't Listerine invented by Joseph Lister?

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reply 97

10/08/2013

Rachel "Bunny" Lowe Lambert Lloyd Mellon

One of her grandfathers, chemist Jordan Lambert, invented Listerine, although it was her father who commercialized it.

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reply 98

10/08/2013

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reply 99

10/08/2013

If I were a Maoist, she'd be toast.

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reply 100

10/08/2013

"Not one of you understands that THIS is emblematic of what is wrong in America today?"

No, the Koch brothers represent all that is wrong with America today, Bunny Mellon represents everything that was wrong with America in... 1930? Well that was when the rich at least pretended to have a sense of noblesse oblige, something today's bazillionaires don't even pretend to presess.

She inherited her wealth! She will pass much of that on to another parasite with very low tax rates!

by Anonymous

reply 102

10/08/2013

Gays weren't like that in the old, tasteful days. We could dream of meeting a man who would provide all of this. And when he became too old, that master bedroom arrangement is marvelous. The elevator could make discreet .. deliveries .. while the old gentleman slept soundly, unbothered.

by Anonymous

reply 103

10/08/2013

I adore this place. It is so elegant and very tastefully decorated and a complete breath of fresh air form the usually predictable crap that is minimalist and modern contemporary. The exterior has a french look that is chic, charming, and classy. This is very rare because we have interior designers like the designers on HGTV who are complete losers ,and who have no remote idea what classic timeless design is.I include Jeff Lewis in that same clueless and untalented group. Can you imagine if one of those no nothings on HGTV got a hold of this classic elegant place? A complete horrifying thought. They would say the usually bull shit, this looks like my grand mother's place ,and it needs to look modern and changed. Let me translate that, those are bubblegum designers who can't comprehend what they are observing so they give a negative label on what they are observing . Once again, this place is exquisite beauty that transcends time. It is so refreshing to see a chandelier that it doesn't look like a small group of prisms hung by fish wire or chandeliers that are covered with a stupid lamp shade!

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